ID: 12601
Date of birth : 1850
Place of birth : N. Múlasýsla
Date of death : 1919
Jóhann Baldvin Benediktsson was born in 1850 in N. Múlasýsla and died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on November 28, 1919. He took the name Baldvin Benediktson in the west.
Spouse: Guðný Antoníusdóttir b. 1858 in N. Múlasýsla, d. January 2, 1925.
Children: 1. Þorvaldur 2. Benedikt 3. Baldur 4. Halldór 5. Carl 6. Jón. The sons, all born in the west, took the last name Baldwin.
Jóhann Baldvin came west in 1876. He lived on land in the Víðirnes Settlement in New Iceland called Baldurshagi. He moved to Winnipeg in 1881 and then took land in the Argyle Settlement in 1883, living there until old age set in. He moved to Glenboro and then to Winnipeg, where he died. Guðný emigrated to Manitoba in 1879.